I've been searching these HD2 forums for several days, as well as Amazon and Ebay. I'm trying to buy a car charger, a USA (120VAC) wall charger, and a couple of compatible USB cables for my TMOUS (T-Mo US) HD2.
1. Are the micro-USB ports identical between the HD2EU and the HD2US versions?
2. What are some good online (or local) places (suppliers, sellers) to get these items? I don't want to get anything that would harm my phone, my car, or take forever to receive.
Thanks for any info.
Randy
St Louis
you can use any micro USB cord...
and im pretty sure any wall charger (with a USB out) will suffice
I bought this http://www.amazon.com/BlackBerry-Cable-Micro-1-0m-Black/dp/B001QATRCA/ a month ago.
Works fine for recharging and file transfers on the HD2.
Check monoprice.com for all of the items you are looking for at great prices.
For instance, here is a 3' cable for $1.19 + shipping.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5457&seq=1&format=2
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I am in the UK and looking for a two pin euro charger for my phone - if it is packaged with a 12v charger or any other kit i dont really mind, as I could do with an extra car one.
Alternately - I have a 'plug' for a UK socket that instead of having a cable on it has a socket like a car charger at the back, so I can use it with a car charger for any new mobile I get so I have a second mains charger - is there a euro-two pin plg equivalent of this?
Cheers
Any USB charger (there are many varieties) should work fine, so you just have to find a Euro-plugged USB charger then stick the USB cable into the charger.
For example, I have the iPod USB charger with swappable front plugs, which charge my Wizard, Sony Ericsson phone and the iPod.
Exactly, but it is finding a two pin one that is the problem.
Try Expansys. They usually have a wide variety of weird and random plug combinations so you might be lucky there.
alternatively - a bit uglier - get a travel plug converter (just the plug converter, not the big transformers). The charger that came in the box is rated for 100V-240V and ~50Hz-~60Hz - so it'll work in EU, USA, UK, JP - as long as I bring the plug converter so that it'll physically fit
Here.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5818157604&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1
£5.99 plus postage. Uses the standard usb cable that came with the device.
I've bought a few things from them - good quality.
pewe said:
Here.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5818157604&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1
£5.99 plus postage. Uses the standard usb cable that came with the device.
I've bought a few things from them - good quality.
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By default, the standard USB sync cable will not charge from a cigarette lighter / mains adaptor USB socket, it will only charge via a computer.
If you want to modify the cable so it will charge from a cigarette lighter etc, you need to short pins 4 and 5 of the mini USB end. Do a google search for a diagram etc. Once modified the cable will no longer work as a sync cable.
Richard
By default, the standard USB sync cable will not charge from a cigarette lighter / mains adaptor USB socket
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I am puzzled. I understand what you are saying about the connections, but what puzzles me is I have a GPS receiver that I bought which came with a flexible USB charger and had a cigarette adapter and mains adapter (both US and UK) in the box.
I bought a cradle for my Vario (complete with usb sync cable) so don't need the the usb sync cable supplied with the Vario in the office. So I use it in the car with the USB Cigarette adapter that came with the GPS unit and it charges the Vario in the car with no problem.
I haven't tried it with the USB mains adapter yet, but having seen the above reply will try it tomorrow, but I'm sure it will work because its the cable that should prevent it.
fluffcat1 said:
By default, the standard USB sync cable will not charge from a cigarette lighter / mains adaptor USB socket, it will only charge via a computer.
If you want to modify the cable so it will charge from a cigarette lighter etc, you need to short pins 4 and 5 of the mini USB end. Do a google search for a diagram etc. Once modified the cable will no longer work as a sync cable.
Richard
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I beg to differ. My shiny white Apple iPod USB charger works perfectly as a charger for the Wizard, with the USB cable provided with the phone.
I'm aware that some phones including the Razr and Blackberry are sometimes reported to be picky about the USB chargers, but so far Wizard has no such curiosities.
ZeBoxx said:
alternatively - a bit uglier - get a travel plug converter (just the plug converter, not the big transformers). The charger that came in the box is rated for 100V-240V and ~50Hz-~60Hz - so it'll work in EU, USA, UK, JP - as long as I bring the plug converter so that it'll physically fit
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Not really viable - as often when abroad i just take a rucksack and see where i end up - so ideally everything is light and preferably a cable that is permanently attached to the plug.
Incidentally - there is a company in italy called Wind doing a PAYG sim that offers a gig of data in Italy for 20 euros - so not much use to most here - but if you use it for roaming in europe - they drop it to 20% of that - so 204.8 meg for 20 euros per month - Tmobile charges 1500 and orange 2 grand for the same!
need to buy 3-4 of these. One for car/work and 2 for home. I have found some have not worked in past and many break easily/stop working. What type of cable do i Need if i'm buyiong unbranded on ebay. I was wondering if anyone had a cheap supply. I live in the UK.
I just mini-USB cable, any mini-USB cable will do
Hi,
i'd like you to suggest a "good" car charger for my s200.
Otherwise is there any application that can manage usb functions??
(mean: Just to charge like plugging official ac-dc charger & not popping up the message for synchronizing or card reader mode)
*sorry for my eng
i bought the cheapest car charger in mediamarkt (15eur) and its working fine for s200.
it has miniusb and not microusb connector, watch for this!
There's even a cheaper USB charger (1,39 euro VAT included) at the Action store. They have stores in Holland, belgium and Germany. I used the cable from my external USB-card-reader (which also has a mini-usb port) to charge. In fact that usb-cable works perfectly (just as the mini-USB cable from my Nikon digicam). Oddly enough I also have another mini-usb cable (a transparent one instead o/t usual black) that doesn't work at all. But you could just use the included USB-cable anyway.
The charger from Action is rated 1000mA (max.). To compare my omnia i900 also comes with a car-charger rated 750mA.
Cheers
EPDM
Hey all,
Do I need a special cable for charging my G2 (i.e. do I have to buy one from T-Mobile, or can I buy a generic USB cable)?
Thx
Mark
I use both generic - that I purchased separately - and HTC - the one included in the package - cables on my Desire Z and see no difference (except the price if I had bought an HTC cable ).
I did the same with my HD2 and it worked nice too.
The only difference that you could have is that some generic cables only charge and cannot sync (mine does both).
Yup, any industry standard micro-USB cable will work just fine. You can usually find one of the Blackberry ones for a couple bucks...
Thanks for the replies....
Is there a way to tell if the cable will work for both data and charging?
Thx
Sometimes you can find the information in the specifications.
The retractable USB cables that I have only charge.
The usual non-retractable cables I have charge and sync.
But this is not a universal rule.
In order to be sure of what you'll buy I suggest you to ask the question to the manufacturer/seller if the information is not clearly mentioned.
I have a bunch of old mini-USB cables from my G1 (chargers, car, sync, etc.). What I did is just got same amount of mini-to-micro USB adapters with strap and use old cables for G2 or G1 whenever I need them. Pretty handy.
i just bought one from new egg.com.... they have them in 3ft, 6ft, 10 ft and 15ft all for 4 bux
monoprice.com has good prices, as does ebay.
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The retractable USB cables that I have only charge.
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If you're looking for a retractable that supports data, I got a GigaWare that does that. I think I found it at Radio Shack.
Anyone know how this would be charged in the UK? Are there special USB-C chargers, would a shaver adaptor work with that 2 pin charger the phone comes with?
I already have a USB 3.1 hub with charging ports so using the cable on it's own should be fine just want a plug charger for in the work.
I live in the UK, my two prong adapter is plugged into a shaver/euro adapter and it works fine.
Thanks for that, just wondered if a shaving adaptor would be able to handle the power required but I suppose a shaver's power requirements are probably comparable to a phone
Go to Sainsburys. You can buy a European to UK adapter, rated at 10watts. Lot safer than shaver plugs
BTW I read yours has not come yet. Mine came with a separate box, I wasn't expecting with a proper UK charger in. I looked at the zuk official website and they have the fast charge ones for this - 5.3v +2amps. Or might be 3amps..the one that is in the box is not a fast charge. I got some plugs off Amazon that send power down the data usb wire. They just plug in line and help alot